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the proven expedience of the carrot over the stick in getting the most out of people
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Redemptive leadership at this level means designing for legacy, not expedience.
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Nell Derick Debevoise, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
The 2024-25 budget is a prime example of such political expedience.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2025
From a criminal justice point of view, the DOJ should not have used political expedience to drive a prosecutorial decision.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2025
The actions on Monday stunned current and former prosecutors and investigators who said the department was abandoning a tradition of holding public officials, corporate executives and others accountable for corruption in favor of an approach built on political or economic expedience.
—Devlin Barrett, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
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Nell Derick Debevoise, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
The 2024-25 budget is a prime example of such political expedience.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2025
From a criminal justice point of view, the DOJ should not have used political expedience to drive a prosecutorial decision.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2025
The actions on Monday stunned current and former prosecutors and investigators who said the department was abandoning a tradition of holding public officials, corporate executives and others accountable for corruption in favor of an approach built on political or economic expedience.
—Devlin Barrett, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
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“Expedience.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expedience. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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expedience
noun
ex·pe·di·ence
ik-ˈspēd-ē-ən(t)s 
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